College graduates and students in southern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware now have the option to earn a variety of paralegal certificates from the new program at Widener University’s Delaware Law School located in Wilmington, Delaware. With highly trained paralegals performing …
Jennifer Scordo started towards her career by earning a paralegal degree from her local community college. By the time she was 18 she had managed to land a job at a law firm specializing in a range of issues from …
Could paralegals be the solution for law firms facing financial decline? For the last eight years the legal management consulting company Altman Weil has issued a survey to hundreds of law firms across the country to gauge current trends and …
The Economist summarized the perilous state of many African inmates who lack legal representation. With lawyers in short supply—and very expensive—paralegals help those incarcerated throughout Africa. Many of the cases revolve around land ownership as Africans return from exile to …
According to an article in the ABA Journal, paralegals are becoming the “go-to staffers for technology.” While many paralegals and legal secretaries face issues of job creep, the biggest change may be their transition to becoming experts in technology. In …
Homeless woman, Wanda Witter, is making serious headlines across the country as her 16 -year battle with the Social Security Administration finally comes to a much anticipated close. According to the Washington Post, Witter’s amazing story of survival and justice …
It hasn’t been an easy year for Geneseee County Jail inmates. Back in March, attorney Daniel Manville representing two jail inmates filed a lawsuit against the Detroit U.S. District Court demanding that all inmates receive bottled water in light of …
While top notch research and writing skills are essential for a good paralegal, Kimberly A. Grabbe described a number of other qualities that can make or break a paralegal’s career. Ms. Grabbe described such soft skills in the January/February 2016 …
Legal systems are complicated, and it is not unheard of for the uneducated to be taken advantage of by someone with a more intricate understanding of their local rule of law. A group of paralegals working out of the Indian …